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1st Kings Chapter 4 verse 28 Holy Bible

ASV 1stKings 4:28

Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they unto the place where `the officers' were, every man according to his charge.
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BBE 1stKings 4:28

And they took grain and dry grass for the horses and the carriage-horses, to the right place, every man as he was ordered.
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DARBY 1stKings 4:28

And the barley, and the straw for the horses and coursers, they brought to the place where [the superintendents] were, every man according to his charge.
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KJV 1stKings 4:28

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
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WBT 1stKings 4:28

Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries they brought to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.
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WEB 1stKings 4:28

Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.
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YLT 1stKings 4:28

And the barley and the straw, for horses and for dromedaries, they bring in unto the place where they are, each according to his ordinance.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - Barley also [the food of horses at the present day in the East, where oats are not grown. (Cf. Hom. II. 5:196)] and straw for the horses and dromedaries [marg. mules or swift beasts. Coursers, or fleet horses of superior breed are intended. רֶכֶשׁ = Germ. Renner. These coursers were for the use of the king's messengers or posts. See Esther 8:10, 14] brought they unto the place where the officers were ["officers" is not in the Hebrew. The LXX. and Vulg. supply "king "(the verb is singular, "was"). But the true meaning is to be gathered from chap. 10:26. There we learn that the horses were distributed in different towns throughout the land. To these different depots, therefore, the purveyors must forward the provender, "unto the place where it should be" (יִהְיֶה), not, as Rawlinson, "where the horses were."] every man according to his charge.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(28) Dromedaries--properly (see Margin), swift beasts; probably the horses of the royal messengers, as distinguished from the war horses.